Data You Give Us Directly
Search Queries
A name or location submitted through a search tool is sent directly to the outside company that operates that feature. The provider processes the query and supplies its response. We do not retain or record those search terms in our own systems.
Messages and Contact Submissions
An email message may be kept for the time needed to review and answer it. We restrict the message to our organization unless disclosure is required by a valid legal obligation.
Data We Gather Automatically
When a page loads, the server automatically receives standard technical and activity information:
- Pages viewed, time spent, and page-view timestamps
- Browser name and version
- The referring website, when one is available
- Device category and operating system
- The device's assigned IP address
Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small files placed on a device. They help measure traffic patterns, including popular pages and points where visits end. Analytics providers combine that activity into site-performance reports. A browser can reject cookies, although disabling them may change how some features work.
What We Do With This Data
- Diagnosing errors and other technical problems
- Routing a submitted query to the selected search provider
- Operating the website and maintaining reasonable performance
- Measuring which information visitors use and where revisions may help
- Displaying advertising that may reflect inferred interests
No Criminal-Record Data on File
We neither build nor sell a database of personal criminal records. The published material explains how to reach Austin County custodians, criminal court clerks, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Texas Public Sex Offender Registry. Visitor information is not combined into a report about another person or used to produce a consumer report. This website is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Third-Party Search Partners
Independent companies supply the website's search features. Their privacy policies, not this policy, govern information entered into their tools. Each company determines its retention and disclosure practices. Review those terms before sending a query.
Links to Other Websites
Links may lead to sheriff pages, court systems, Texas agencies, legal-aid resources, or outside search providers. Once a visitor follows an external link, the destination's policy controls the resulting activity. Check that policy before providing personal information.
Advertising companies may use their own systems to recognize activity across multiple websites and select interest-based advertisements. We do not operate that cross-site tracking.
Who Might See Your Data
Personal data is not sold. It may be disclosed to these limited recipients:
- Analytics providers that measure use and performance
- Search companies that process a query submitted to their tool
- Government or law-enforcement bodies acting under a valid legal order
- Advertising networks that deliver ads on the website
How We Protect Your Data
Reasonable, standard safeguards are used for collected data. No internet service can guarantee absolute security, however, and we cannot promise that unauthorized access or another breach will never occur.
Users Under 18
The website is intended for adults, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from a person under 18. If we learn that a minor supplied such data, we will remove it.
Your Data Rights
Rights may differ by residence and applicable privacy or consumer-protection law. The Texas Public Information Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 552, governs access to records held by Texas governmental bodies; Texas Government Code Chapter 411 separately controls dissemination of criminal-history record information. Those public-record laws do not turn this private website into a government custodian. Subject to applicable law, you may:
- Object to or opt out of certain processing
- Request access to personal data maintained about you
- Ask that inaccurate personal data be corrected
- Seek deletion of personal data where the law permits
Updates to This Policy
This policy may be revised as practices or legal duties change. A revision becomes available on this page and carries an updated effective date.
Effective date: August 9, 2026